Archive for February, 2012
New Google Privacy Policy
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Starting from tomorrow March 1, Google will consolidate the privacy policy on over 60 of their web properties into one single and simplified privacy policy. Google has created a page explaining the new policy here: http://www.google.com/policies/ However several privacy advocates and the public in general has come out expressing their concern about this update, as [...]
Weirding out the Internet
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As we use social media more and more and it becomes part of our everyday lives – are you a victim of doing these weird things on the internet?: 1. Intruding on peoples’ conversations While I’m an open person, there’s always a line you need to draw. I have always been careful when it comes [...]
5 Twitter Tips for Dummies…Who Don’t Think They Are Dummies
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This isn’t the boring, generic advice you receive in the done-to-death ‘Twitter Basics’ and ‘Idiots Guide to Twitter’ lists. I’m not talking about changing your profile photo from the egg avatar, or minimising spelling mistakes, or even ‘treating others as you wish to be treated yourself’. This is advice for people who have been on [...]
Censorship – How far is too far?
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I’m certain many of you would be aware of the controversy in recent months surrounding the plight to legislate internet censorship laws, in particular SOPA and PIPA in the US. For those that don’t know, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) were bills that were introduced into the House of Representatives [...]
Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages
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We have been looking at Australian Google Plus pages and wanted to put together a post showing off the most popular Australian Google+ pages. This is still very much a work in progress, and we will update this article if you find any pages that are more popular. Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages 1. Google [...]
Facebook Australia 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Facebook has well and truly penetrated the Australian market – so much so that it may have reached saturation point and will be very slow from now on to gain new users. We decided to look more into this and give you some new statistics about Facebook in Australia as of February 2012. Thanks to [...]
Pinterest Statistics Australia
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With so much talk about Pinterest lately, I thought it would be a good idea to compile the Pinterest statistics for Australian users. Pinterest in Australia – February 2012 Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) to the site – 160,000 per month Page Views – 8.9 million per month Total Visits – 970,000 per month Average Time [...]
Running a Facebook Competition
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So you have a Facebook page but not much is happening? Not getting many new fans? No-one commenting on your updates? Join the club! One of the best ways to get more Likes on Facebook is to run a competition. Give your readers a reason to Like you! Facebook has pretty strict terms and conditions [...]
















My name is David Cowling and I am the Founder and Chief Editor of Social Media News AUS and I also run my own 





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